College of Medicine recognizes clerkship teachers of the year
Penn State College of Medicine’s Office of Medical Education named 18 educators from across the state as Teachers of the Year at a luncheon on Feb. 4, 2020.
The directors of each required clinical clerkship for MD students selected faculty for the honor based on student feedback.
Two family and community medicine practice sites were also recognized for their commitment to supporting the education of medical students at the College of Medicine.
2020 Teacher of the Year Award Recipients
Family and Community Medicine Clerkship
- Alyssa Anderson, MD – Penn State Health Medical Group – Elizabethtown
- WellSpan York Family Medicine
- Penn State Health Medical Group – Mechanicsburg
Medicine Clerkship
- Alina Popa, MD – WellSpan York Hospital
- Ian Ross, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Neuroscience Clerkship
- Elias Rizk, MD, MSc – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- Raymond Reichwein, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship
- Joel Baker, DO – Penn State Health St. Joseph
- Amy Cruz, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Pediatrics Clerkship
- Jerry Lee, MD – Penn State Health St. Joseph
- Glenn Buchberger, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Psychiatry Clerkship
- Alison Swigart, MD – Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
- Sanjay Yadav, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Surgery Clerkship
- Amanda Cooper, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Health Equity Clerkship
- Haney Wahba, MD – Primary Health Network
University Park Curriculum
- Ravishankar Rao, MD – Penn State Health Medical Group – Windmere Centre
- Matthew Davidson, DO – Mount Nittany Physician Group
Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship
- Joseph McDermott III, DO – Wellspan Summit Health Family Medicine
- Sonya L. Krolik, MD – Kaiser Permanente Surgery
- Andre Lijoi, MD – WellSpan York Family Medicine
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